[Step] STEP Book Club Details

[Jami Grosser]

Hey all -

We had our STEP meeting today to discuss how we're going to proceed  
with the book club.

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN!  Several of you mentioned that you were  
interested, but were not able to make today's meeting.  There is still  
time for folks to sign up.

We're reading the following books:

Let Your LIfe Speak by Parker Palmer
Creating Inclusive Campus Environments by Shaun R. Harper - new from  
NASPA

We're starting with the Palmer book for October, and will begin the  
Harper book in January.  The deal I have worked out with Susan, is  
that she will pay for the Harper book for folks who are participating  
if we pay for our own Palmer book.  You will want to order your Palmer  
book soon as our first discussion will be Oct. 20.

You can get the Palmer book new for $12 from Amazon.com (around $8  
used), normally it retails for $18.  If you sign up for book club and  
attend October's meeting, then your Harper book will be covered.  I  
will only order enough books for those at October's meeting.  (So let  
me know if you have a conflict with October, but plan on participating.)

Here's the schedule for the pace of the book club, and the lead person  
for each month:

October 20		Palmer ch. 1-3			Jami Grosser

November 17	Palmer ch. 4-6			Amalia Isais

December - Retreat?? - TBD - last year it was Friday of finals week  
(Dec. 12, 2008) - no book club

January 26		Harper ch. 1-2			Felicity Osowski

February 23		Harper ch. 3-4			Jeff Eppley

March 16		Harper ch. 5-6			Kara Devaney

April 20			Harper ch. 7-8			Jen Miller

May 18			Harper ch. 9-10			Elena Perez

June 15			Harper ch. 11-12			TBA

**Each Lead will be in charge of hosting the meeting, reserving the  
room, sending out reminder emails, etc. and facilitating discussion.
THERE IS STILL ROOM TO HELP FACILITATE.  If you have an interest in  
the topics discussed (and I realize you may need to look at the book  
chapters to determine this) let the person know.  We welcome co- 
leads.  Leads are encouraged to prepare discussion questions, etc.
Goals for the book club will be discussed at the first meeting, and  
subsequent discussions about follow-up activities and how these  
concepts relate to our work will also take place.  Please be thinking  
about your personal and professional goals for our discussions.

If you have any questions, let me know.  Sorry about the long email.   
I'm very excited about Book Club.  Thanks so much for your enthusiasm  
about this new venture.

See you in October to start talking about Letting Our Life Speak!

Jami Grosser
Assistant Director, LGBT Resource Center
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA  92521
951-827-2267
jami.grosser at ucr.edu
www.out.ucr.edu

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